‘Dogsh*t’ Judges Berated by MMA World After Series of Bad Judgements, Uncalled Referee Ban Questioned

The relationship between a fan and a sports team or a player is special and fans often end up being emotionally invested in their favorite athletes. Even in MMA fans do not want to see their favorite fighter lose and when their favorite fighter loses due to wrong refereeing or a poor decision; it leaves the fans enraged.

Unfortunately, Mixed Martial Arts over the years has seen a lot of poor refereeing and poor decisions. This has often led to serious backlash from the fans.

Recently, an MMA writer by the name of Alex Behunin wrote about this issue in his tweet. In his tweet, Behunin said, “How come referees get banished from the sport of MMA but dogsh*t judges still have their jobs?”

He further added, “s/o @MMAdamMartin for bringing up this great point today on his podcast.”

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To this tweet, podcast host Adam Martin replied, saying, “Yamasaki, Mazzagatti, and Winslow were all basically blacklisted from the sport. Why do judges get to continually blow it with seemingly no repercussions?”

The point that Behunin and Martin were discussing was about how referees and judges seem to suffer different fates for their mistakes.

MMA fans around the world reacted to the post as follows :

A glimpse into some poor decisions by judges in MMA

The term ‘Never leave it to the judges’ is often used by MMA fans. Many people believe that due to the poor decisions given out by judges, coaches often prefer their fighters to finish the fight rather than going the entire distance.

There have been a lot of controversial decisions in the UFC. When Michael Bisping fought Mat Hamill, Hamill dominated the first two rounds, landing a lot of takedowns. In the third round, Bisping seemed to get the better of Hamill, but the ‘Count’ landed nothing significant which would win him the fight. When the decision came out, the judges declared Bisping the winner via a split decision. This decision did not sit well with the fans and people blamed the judges for the same.

There have been various similar instances when fans have believed that the judges have got a decision wrong. While many have raised suggestions, such as live scoring, it will be interesting to see the actions taken to solve this issue.

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Let us know your thoughts about the state of judging in MMA.